8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. …
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; …
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-10)Here we have, I. The apostle’s prayer to God on the behalf of the Corinthians, that they might do no evil , 2 Cor. 13:7. This is the most desirable thing we can ask of God, both for ourselves and for our friends, to be kept from sin, that we and they may do no evil; and it is most needful that we often pray to God for his grace to keep us, because without this we cannot keep ourselves. We are more…
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